Bringing Nature on Board
A four-week practical course exploring how organisations at all scales are bringing nature's voice into governance.
Facilitated by Dr. Dominique Hes
Like Nature itself; starting small with lichen eating rocks to create soil, building towards a living complex forest; this course is part of a growing movement to bring Nature's voice into organisational governance.
We begin by learning from First Nations cultural understandings of Nature, which have long integrated practices affirming that Nature isn't a resource to extract from but a living stakeholder in decision-making. From there, we explore how the rise of legal personhood has opened new possibilities for imagining Nature back at the table. These shifts create the psychological and cultural groundwork for what becomes possible.
With that foundation, we turn to Nature's own organising principles. Ecological models like succession, nutrient cycles, systems thinking and the adaptive cycle offer profound lessons for how boards can make more resilient, holistic decisions. We'll discover how Nature experience itself drives innovation, creativity and the kind of problem-solving that silos can't achieve.
Then comes the practical heart of the course: how organisations are actually doing this. Drawing from case studies of over 30 organisations, we'll examine four key approaches such as Shareholder/Stakeholder models, Executive Roles, Non-Executive/Advisory positions, and Guardian/Trustee and Zoop voice of the living frameworks. The Regen Melbourne case study anchors this module, showing how Dr. Dominique Hes's Voice of Nature role contributed to decision-making quality and organisational culture in practice.
Finally, we focus on you. You'll think about your organisation's readiness, design which model fits your context, and create an action plan for introducing Nature's voice. The intention is that by week four, you'll have a concrete approach to bring Nature into your governance and join a growing community reshaping how organisations make decisions.
Course Dates | Live virtual course sessions will take place on these dates and times, via Zoom:
Pacific Time: Mondays, Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31 | 3:30-5pm PT
Australian Eastern: Tuesdays, Aug. 11, 18, 25, + Sept. 1 | 8:30am - 10am AEST
Recordings will be available for registrants who are unable to attend a session.
AskNature Hive members receive $100 off course fee, with discount code shared in the Watering Hole.
Students receive 20% off course fee; please email media@biomimicry.org with picture of current ID to receive discount code.
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